Plankton Review

Phytoplankton do NOT produce their own energy.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is not a limiting factor for primary producers?

• Lights

• Nutrients

• Tides

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Upwelling currents are predictable

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of these is the phytoplankton that has a whip-like tail?

• Diatoms

• Radiolarians

• Dionfalalletes

• Ciona

What allows seagrass beds to connect from one to another?

• Float

• Holdfast

• Rhizome

• Blades

Brown macroalgae is attached to rocks by ______ but the _____ allows it to stay upright and near the surface.

• Holdfast / Blades

• Blades / Float

• Holdfast / Float

• Holdfast / Rhizome

The first larval stage of crustaceans is

• Nauplii

• Veliger

• Zoea

• Megalops

Jellyfish are only plankton for 2 days

• True

• False

What is the opposite of photosynthesis?

• Cellular Respiration

• Primary Producers

• Glucose

• Upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is it called when jellyfish become dormant/ scab?

• Ephyra

• Medusa

• Planula

• Podocytes